It is important to remain alert and vigilant when it comes to protecting your privacy and the information that you share online. As you may have become aware, hackers are also vigilant in trying to obtain any personal information they can that will allow them to compromise or exploit that information for personal gain.

When you hear news reports about password hacking efforts, the first step you should take is to change passwords for sites that contain sensitive information like financial, health or credit card information. For additional protection, never use the same password for multiple website logins. In addition, make sure the password you choose is as complex as the website you are logging into allows and includes numbers, characters (upper and lower case), special characters and any other allowable character that will make your login credentials complex and difficult to guess.